Tabloid week: October 2

A prostitute called Irma Nici was last week accused of being a shameless liar and was served with a writ by David Beckham’s lawyers

A prostitute called Irma Nici was last week accused of being a shameless liar.
She was also served with a writ by David Beckham’s lawyers, who are claiming
£16m in damages. Naturally, Nici could not be more delighted.

She was grinning broadly as she received the writ, issued after she claimed
she and another woman had sex with the former England captain in 2007. Why
was she grinning? Your guess is as good as mine, assuming your guess is that
she thinks any publicity is good publicity and the front page of The Sun is
as good as it gets.

Being the wife or girlfriend of a footballer has long been a career choice.
Now it seems that being A Woman Who Had Meaningless Sex With A Footballer
can also be quite lucrative. Take Jenny Thompson. Wayne Rooney did, or so it
appears, and paid handsomely for the privilege. Now